5th December 2007 | marketinglaw

Spanish rain falls mainly on data abusers

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

The relative impotence of the UK’s data protection watchdog has recently hit the headlines. It’s not surprising Information Commissioner Richard Thomas craves more powers-just look at the recently published annual…
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So obvious as to go without saying?

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

The importance of written contracts when dealing with any intellectual property is crucial. In a recent dispute over software copyright, the parties had failed on this score and the claimant…
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Ozzy not amused by North Dakota police mailing

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

Sheriff Paul Laney had a problem. He had hundreds of petty criminals on outstanding arrest warrants and needed to reel them in. Then he read that former Black Sabbath front…
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Marketing to Children: one Europe?

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

A recent survey promoted by Osborne Clarke across 27 European countries asked four key questions about national regulations relating to marketing and advertising to children. The results revealed for the…
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Hitting back: ASA investigates violence in advertising

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

Complaints about violent advertising have risen considerably over the past year, prompting the ASA to hold a debate on the use of violent imagery in advertising. Can the use of…
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Flight bags at dawn for Ryanair and the ASA

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

“I pay absolutely no attention to anything the ASA says”, Ryanair’s Head of Communications Peter Sherrard was quoted as saying in a Media Guardian piece, triggering a sharp not to…
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Christmas Issues!

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

The festive season is fast approaching but will sleigh-bells be ringing in your office? Businesses in the advertising and marketing sector are notorious for their fun approach to Christmas but…
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BCAP offers guidance on new food ad codes

Written by Anna Williams on 05 Dec 2007

Still digesting the blizzard of new rules governing food ads? You are not alone. In an effort to help, the Committee of Advertising Practice (the ASA sister body that writes…
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ASA to decide on Ladbrokes: that’s a gamble!

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

The ASA is currently investigating four complaints in respect of what was probably the first gambling ad to appear on TV after the Gambling Act radically liberalised the regime. Famous…
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A new model for models?

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

Is Europe uniting against anorexic models? A recent fashion label campaign has been withdrawn due to alleged infringement of the Italian and French self regulatory ad codes. Is this the…
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“Free” guidance from CAP/BCAP

Written by Nick Johnson on 05 Dec 2007

The Committee of Advertising Practice has issued fresh guidance on use of the word “free” in advertising and other marketing communications. See Nick Johnson’s analysis, at no extra charge. …
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“Law and the City” of New York

Written Osborne Clarke on 05 Dec 2007

The founders of a big Apple fitness centre dubbed “Health and the City” admitted the famous TV show using the name’s last three words was in the back of its…
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